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Weekly Report - 3 October 2006
NICARAGUA: Ortega's lead starts to arouse concern
Another opinion poll shows Daniel Ortega, of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN), tantalisingly close to the 35% mark which would be sufficient to win in the first round of presidential elections on 5 November provided that he retains a five-point lead over his closest rival. Ortega's continued presence out front persuaded the US ambassador, Paul Trivelli, to make a characteristic foray into domestic politics last week. Some of Nicaragua's media took to portraying Trivelli as the sixth presidential candidate. The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, confined himself to issuing a statement criticising foreign intervention in the elections.
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